The temperature on July 24, 1917 was between 8.4 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
May 21 » The Imperial War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record, and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the British Empire's military forces.
June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
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